Configure of the modern personal computer in the conditions of constant perfection of components, osoben-nostej their functioning, manufacturing techniques and rasshi-renija assortment of corporations-manufacturers pre-is spun every year in more and more serious problem. Evgenie and Vick-TORUS Rudometovyh's book urged to acquaint a wide audience with the architecture and the main accessories modern mul-timedijnyh computers, at accessible level to open naznache-nie and basic performances available on the market oborudova-nija.

       First of all, it is necessary to mark wide enough band of the considered questions which covers all cores a PC clod-ponenty, starting from processors and ending the equipment of multimedia, such as arrangements MP3 and systems of a virtual reality. On pages of the book authors give also practical guidelines and concrete advices as most competently a vypol-thread upgrade of the computer and to optimise it make-telnost. Certainly, to state in the book of rather modest sizes all spectrum of components of modern computers hardly a cart-is possible. Nevertheless, authors managed to make much enough - especially it is necessary to mark the good browse of characteristics sovre-mennyh motherboards and chip sets, videoadapters and a monito-ditch which helps to be oriented with their variety in the market. On the other hand, drives of CD-RW, modems and the network equipment are presented superficially. In the book there are no data on enough widespread models correspond-shchego the equipment. Book Rudometova E and Rudometova V, containing reference data on wide enough class of components of modern PCs, will render the real help to readers, to-torye plan acquisition or upgrade of the kompju-terov. To add confidence to their operations will help and guidelines containing in the text and advices on performance of practical operations necessary for it.

Alexander Leonenkov